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ORB GAR.

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No. 425,517. Patented A r. 15,1890.

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I EDWARD \VILLIAM MACKENZIEHUGHES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE FOX SOLID PRESSED STEEL COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

ORE-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,517, dated April 15, 1890.

Application filed June 11, 1889. Serial No. 313,913. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD WILLIAM MAC- KENZIE-HUGHES, of Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ore-Cars, of which the following is a full, true, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improvement in metallic ore-cars in which the framing and the hopper or body of the cars are made of metal.

My invention will be readily understood from the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents an external elevation; Fig. 2, a plan view; Fig. 3, a section through Fig. 2 on the line as at; Fig. 4, a section through Fig. l on the line 11 3 Fig. 5, an end elevation; Fig. 6, a bottom View of the framing, imd Fig. 7 a section through Fig.6 on the me e z.

The frame of the car consists of the pressedsteel side sills B B and the pressed-steel intermediate sills C C, entering the pressedsteel end sills FF. These parts maybe made of rolled metal; but Iprefer to make them of pressed steel, as described. The end sills F F are box-shaped, opening inward. The side sills and intermediate sills are of channel-iron or pressed steel, as shown in Fig. 7. They are connected together by the sectional crossties or transverse sills G G and H, the parts G G entering within the flanges of the sills B and C, as shown in Fig. '7, while the part H is riveted or otherwise suitably attached to the intermediate sills C C. The same crosstie structure is employed above the body-bolster, as indicated in Fig. 3. The longitudinal tie-rods D pass through the end sills, where they are drawn up by nuts or otherwise suitably fastened in the usual manner, and they serve to support the side sills and intermediate sills through the cross-tie or transverse support J as clearly shown. The trucks themselves may be of any suitable pattern, and their support is carried up through the body-bolster V to the parts H, located above said body bolsters. The end sills F are preferably carried down into an offset, as shown at XV, for the passage of the draw-bar; but these details of construction form no part of my present application. The hopper A itself is formed of inclined metal sides, as indicated, supported at the ends by gusset- .plates K K L and on the sides by gusset-plates M M and N. The gusset-plate Lis carried upon the part H above the body-bolster, and the plates K are supported above the intermediate sills C. The plates N rest upon the side and intermediate sills B C, as shown in Fig. 4, while the plates M likewise rest above these plates and have their upper ends carried into projections passing above and preferably through the sides of the car, as shown in Fig. 3. They are held in position by transverse caps P, formed of pressed steel fitting over the projecting ends of the parts M and preventing them from spreading. The different parts of the structure may be attached together by riveting or in any other suitable manner. A plate R is provided at the ends of the car, resting upon the longitudinal sills. I prefer to make the gusset-plates shown of pressed steel, box-shaped in form, as clearly indicated in the figures, and they are preferably strengthened by central flanged open- 1ngs.

What I claim as my'invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The framing for ore-cars herein shown, consisting of the pressedsteel box-shaped end sills F F and the longitudinal channelbeams B C, fitting therein and forming the side and intermediate sills of the car, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the suitably-sup.- ported side sills B B, intermediate sills C C, and box-shaped cross-ties G- G and H, substantially as described.

3. The combination, in an ore-car, of the body A, having inclined sides, and the pressedsteel angular gusset-plates supporting said sides and resting upon the metallic side and intermediate sills, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the ore-car A, having inclined sides, the longitudinal channelbeams B B and C C, forming the side and intermediate sills of the car, and the box-shaped pressed-steel gusset-plate supports K K and M M, resting upon the side and intermediate sills, substantially as described.

5. The ore-car herein described, consisting of metallic side sills, metallic intermediate in form, inclosing the ends of the supports sills, metallic end sills directly locking and M M, substantially as described, I

supporting said side and intermediate sills Intestimony whereof Ihavesigned myname and metallic hopper, and the intermediate to this specification in the presence of two 5 metallic supports resting upon the side and subscribing Witnesses.

end sills and carryin the hopper substan- I tiauy as described 0 EDWARD WILLIAM MACKENZIE HUFHES.

6. The combination of the metallic side sup- Witnesses:

ports M, the inclined hopper-body A, and the V. 'S. HARTW ELL,

I0 caps P, formed of pressed steel, box-shaped WM. VOsS. 

